Public officials have it within their power to take necessary steps toward permanently closing the atrocious jails on Rikers.

Closing Rikers will provide a natural endpoint for the receivership and an opportunity for the city to take back control of ...

Former Rikers Island officer Ghislaine Barrientos pleads guilty to bribery and smuggling narcotics into the jail.

Joan Little and her lawyer, Willam Kunstler answer questions at a news conference at the Women's Detention jail on Rikers ...

It’s been five years since sweeping changes to New York’s criminal justice laws took effect. The legislation, known ...

A New York City Board of Corrections report found that Rikers Island detention officers repeatedly blocked medical staff from ...

Fox News host Sean Hannity reacts to President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in the New York v. Trump case on 'Hannity.' ...

A source said Weinstein is happy for his ex and stated, “Brody is a good guy and she deserves that after what she went ...

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has a pretty harsh but comparison after additional sexual assault claims against Neil ...

DA Larry Krasner is reviewing the murder conviction of Michael Gaynor, who witnesses said wasn’t in the tiny Philly corner ...

DONALD Trump turned to “Hail Mary” tactics in a bid to delay his sentencing because he didn’t want to be a convicted felon heading into the White House, a former judge has told ...

Adjudicated sex offender Donald Trump nominated sick-in-the-head, far-right Fox News pervert Pete Hegseth to be our nation’s ...